No matter if this man is cheating or not, his iron ore needs to be exchanged. Neon City must maintain a neutral status as much as possible; after all, Sun City is just a relatively large store in Neon City.

Neon City is the main entity, not Sun City.

The remaining troublesome matters can be left to the Fixed Star to handle.

As for the credibility of the casino over there, Qi will take care of it properly.

...

Back inside the cabin of the Constant Star Train, Chen Mang didn't pay any attention to this little episode. At this moment, the train had already arrived next to the main city ruins in the "Stone Man Area"; it wasn't too late to look for the "Grinning Train" later.

What kind of stupid name is that?

It's such a tongue-twister.

The train slowly decelerated and came to a steady stop, eventually crashing heavily to the ground.

In the distance—

You could still faintly see a modernized city standing tall, but countless buildings had already collapsed, the entire city lay dark with no light in sight, and the streets were clogged with dust-covered abandoned vehicles.

No sign of life, not a bit of vitality.

This here is "Qiu City."

It's also the largest city in the Stone Man Area, while the three surrounding cities are subsidiary satellite cities to this one.

"Qiu City."

Chen Mang glanced at the screen on the target detection radar, now covered in static mosaics, clearly no longer functioning properly. He squinted slightly and whispered, "Impressive, a Level 100 target detection radar, gets blocked just like that?"

"Ai."

"Send out Teams One, Two, and Three to get to work."

"Understood."

...

The next moment!

As the door of Guard Carriage No. 7 opened, two mechas flew out first, shooting swiftly towards the city ruins, while the rest of the guard members... stayed in the freezer, carried on the shoulders of the mechas.

The roads in this city ruin are a bit too complex.

Even off-road motorcycles can't drive normally here.

Thankfully, there's the freezer.

"President Ai, President Ai..."

Standing at the edge of the freezer, gripping the handle tightly, Biaozi peered down at the city below and called softly, but after several calls received no response. Then, cracking his bones, he rasped, "We've already disconnected from the train, everyone be careful, the dangers in the depths of this city ruin might not be small."

"Biao, don't worry."

Driving the "Pope" mecha, Zhang Yi grinned broadly, holding a massive wolf fang club, "My wolf fang club is a Level 15 attack weapon. With me here, ordinary thugs aren't a problem, I can handle them alone."

Biaozi was just about to say something, but the next moment his face turned a bit grim and he said in a deep voice, "Stop!"

With the word spoken.

Zhang Yi and Zhang Er's figures instantly halted in mid-air, despite their usual playful banter with Biao, they always obeyed his orders for many reasons.

The Fixed Star feeds them, that's one reason they have to obey.

They also admire Biao's performance in the Combat Training Virtual Space.

And... they both know that they aren't the smartest, it's better to listen to Biao more.

"..."

Biaozi said nothing, just stood at the edge of the freezer, gripping the handle with a frown, staring fixedly at... bacon being hung to dry on a short building platform in the distance!

Yes, bacon!

But he didn't feel an ounce of joy, instead finding it incredibly strange!

Doomsday had descended over a year, almost two years now, how many times has this city ruin been searched? How could such obvious bacon remain untouched? Other train captains aren't fools, meaning this is likely a trap...

"Look back at the train."

As the mecha turned, Biaozi, standing at the edge of the freezer, looked towards the Constant Star Train parked at the edge of the city ruins. They were already nearing the city center, even the Fixed Star was becoming somewhat indistinct.

"President Ai, President Ai..."

He attempted to contact President Ai again, still with no connection.

"Biao, could that bacon below be a trap?"

Zhang Er, piloting the Pope, hovered in mid-air and grumbled.

"Hmm?"

Biaozi for a moment doubted his own judgment, could he have been wrong? Since even Zhang Er could see it, it should be obvious, right? Surely no one would set such a foolish trap?

"How did you figure that out?"

"My brother and I have scavenged supplies many times, how could such obvious bacon not be looted? It has to be a trap."

"Hold on... let me think."

Biaozi took a deep breath, his mind racing, since even Zhang Er saw it's a trap, it means the opponent is deliberately exposing it as a trap, but why?

Based on his experience in the "Extreme Challenge" map chip,

When a trap is deliberately shown in front of you, it often means they want you to avoid it, but once avoided, going elsewhere lands you in their true trap, that's the second layer.

If you think to the third layer, they've predicted that he'd see the second layer, deliberately...

At that moment—

"Hey."

Suddenly, Zhang Yi's muffled voice came from his ear, "Biao, brought back the bacon. Anything else?"

"..."

Standing at the edge of the freezer, Biaozi was a bit dazed, looking at the piece of bacon in Zhang Yi's fingers, and then at the now empty and short building platform below, including the dozen or so survivors in Zhang Yi's freezer who all looked utterly terrified. After a moment, he incredulously asked, "What were you up to just now?"

"I just went down to get the bacon, found a dozen survivors armed with knives and guns lying in ambush nearby, not sure why they didn't act, but once I spotted them, naturally, I brought them back."

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